Ice creeper



Patented Jan. 26, 1926.

PATENT OFFICE.

GEORGE SOLAR Z, OF GALLITZIN, PENNSYLVANIA.

ICE CREEIER.

Application filed July 23, 1925. Serial No. 45,672.

ToaZZ 007mm it may concern.

lie it known that I, GEORGE SoLARz, a citizen of the United States,residing at Gallitzin, in the county of Cambria and State ofPennsylvania, have invented a new and useful Ice Creeper, of which thefollowing is a specification.

This invention aims to provide a creeper for shoes, so constructed thatit may be applied to articles of foot wear of different Widths, thedevice being so made that it will have an unusually strong hold on theice, slippery logs and the like, it being impossible for the shoe-strapto become de' tached from the body portion of the article. It is withinthe province of the disclosure to improve generally and to enhance theutility of devices of that sort to which the invention appertains.

Although a preferred form has been shown, a mechanic, working within thescope of what is claimed, may make changes in that form. withoutdeparting from the spirit of the invention.

In the drawings Figure 1 is an end ele vation; Figure 2 is a sideelevation showing the device as it will appear on a shoe of mediumwidth; Figure 3 is a view similar to Figure 2 but showing the article asit will appear on a wide shoe.

The device forming the subject matter of this application comprises ametal body 1 provided at its endswith depending antislipping members 2.Loop-shaped riders 3 are adjustable longitudinally of the body.

The riders 3 are connected by a shoe-engag ing means 45 which may embodya strap wherein a buckle is interposed. -When the device is used with ashoe the sole 5 of which is ofmedium or small width, the riders 3 areengaged in any one of a plurality of seats 6 formed in the lower surfaceof the body 1. When the device is used with a shoe the sole 7 of whichis unusually wide, the riders 3 may be adjusted downwardly on theanti-slipping members 2. The lateral edges 8 of each anti-slippingmember diverge downwardly to prevent the riders 3 from becomingdetached, and to enhance the hold of the members 2 on the ground. The

hold of the members 2 on the ground is promoted, further, because theydiverge from each other, downwardly, as shown at 9, and because each ofthem is bifurcated to form pointed prongs 10.

I claim v 1. A device of the class described comprising a body providedat its ends with depending anti-slipping members, riders adjustablelongitudinally of the body, and W shoe-engaging means connecting theriders, the ridersbeing adjustable downwardly on the anti-slippingmembers, the lateral edges of said members diverging downwardly toenhance the hold of said members on the ground and to prevent the ridersfrom becoming detached.

2. A device of the class described, constructed as setforth in claim 1,and further characterized by the fact that the body is provided on itsunder surface with a plurality of seats wherein the riders may be held,in adjusted positions longitudinally of the body.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own, I have hereto afiixedmy signature.

GEORGE SOLARZ.

